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VERNON LEE LEUNING
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – March 4, 1968
Service recordVernon Lee Leuning, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 68
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 68
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JAMES CECIL SWANNStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CONRADO FRANCISCO BILDUCIASpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 62
- JOHN WARNER STEVENS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 72
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.